Joan Nice

Jay McGrew, an independent energy conservation consultant, says “the insulation business is a little bit like the insurance business. The salesmen always want to sell you more than you need.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/10.8/download-entire-issue

Colorado’s congressional delegation has the best environmental voting record of any state in the Northern Rockies. Only on the issue of water has Colorado recently voted as a typical inland Western delegation. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/10.6/download-entire-issue

Enthusiasm for solar electric technology is being dampened by the reality that most consumers cannot afford it. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/10.3/download-entire-issue

The stories of solar homeowners indicate that harnessing the sun for heat by putting collectors on a roof may not be as simple as it appears. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.21/download-entire-issue

The Bureau of Reclamation may begin a reservation system for the Desolation Canyon section of Utah’s Green River amid concerns about the growing number of river visitors. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.17/download-entire-issue

A Colorado company called Bio-Gas claims it can provide rural electricity by harvesting and digesting cow manure to produce burnable methane gas. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.13/download-entire-issue

Although Utah is one of the first Western states to require all new buildings to meet energy conservation standards, it has also been instrumental in pushing the controversial Intermountain Power Project coal-fired power plant. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.6/download-entire-issue

At a time when energy prices are making it increasingly difficult for people to make ends meet, Malcolm Lillywhite shows people simple technology that they can use to produce quality food and shelter at low cost. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/8.25/download-entire-issue

The solar energy industry is a booming business, containing all of the perils of rapid growth — fast-buck men, scant history, few standards and regulations, and consumer confusion. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/8.5/download-entire-issue

After losing a lawsuit involving grazing allotments, the Bureau of Land Management has expressed concern that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) — considered to be the country’s most important environmental law — is making the agency vulnerable to lawsuits that drain time and resources, raising questions about that law’s future. Download entire issue to […]

An environmental lawsuit aimed at stopping abuses on public lands is causing management problems, according to the Bureau of Land Management in Wyoming, although in both Nevada and Oregon, BLM officials are in the process of implementing range improvements. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/7.21/download-entire-issue

Can you imagine a U.S. energy future which doesn’t require immediate and massive commitments to western coal and oil shale development, nuclear power, offshore oil or foreign imports? Such a future is possible, according to the Ford Foundation’s Energy Policy Project. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/7.14/download-entire-issue